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Jefferson Administration Review

Answer the following questions.

  1. Third president of the United States from 1801-1809
    1. John Marshall
    2. Thomas Jefferson
    3. John Adams
    4. William Marbury

    Answer: b. Thomas Jefferson

  2. Ratified after the deadlock election of 1800 that called for electors to cast separate ballots for President and Vice President
    1. Tenth Amendment
    2. Twelfth Amendment
    3. Thirteenth Amendment
    4. Fifteenth Amendment

    Answer: b. Twelfth Amendment

  3. Revolutionary leader of France that offered the sale of the Louisiana Territory
    1. Cornwallis
    2. Lafayette
    3. Napoleon
    4. Franklin

    Answer: c. Napoleon

  4. Purchase made by the United States, in 1803, from France that gave the United States ownership of the Louisiana Territory; doubled the size of the United States
    1. Louisiana Purchase
    2. Midwest Acquisition
    3. Jefferson's Folly
    4. Great Western Purchase

    Answer: a. Louisiana Purchase

  5. Leaders of the Corps of Discovery commissioned by Jefferson to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory
    1. Abbott and Costello
    2. Lewis and Martin
    3. Burns and Allen
    4. Lewis and Clark

    Answer: d. Lewis and Clark

  6. Shoshone Native American woman, hired by Lewis and Clark, to serve as a guide and interpreter for the Corps of Discovery
    1. Susan B. Anthony
    2. Pocohontas
    3. Sacagawea
    4. Little Turtle

    Answer: c. Sacagawea

  7. Famed water route that was believed to connect the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean; Lewis and Clark searched for it unsuccessfully during the expedition
    1. Northwest Passage
    2. Transcontinental Waterway
    3. Waterway to the Pacific
    4. Great Western Route

    Answer: a. Northwest Passage

  8. Vice president under Jefferson during his first term in office; later involved in a duel with Alexander Hamilton
    1. John Adams
    2. Aaron Burr
    3. John Marshall
    4. William Marbury

    Answer: b. Aaron Burr

  9. A leader of the Federalist Party and trusted advisor to Washington; later killed in a duel with Aaron Burr
    1. Alexander Hamilton
    2. John Marshall
    3. William Marbury
    4. John Jay

    Answer: a. Alexander Hamilton

  10. Outlawed U.S. exports to foreign nations in an attempt to punish nations that were attacking U.S. vessels at sea
    1. Embargo Act of 1800
    2. Export Act of 1807
    3. Embargo Act of 1807
    4. Foreign-Made Goods Act

    Answer: c. Embargo Act of 1807

  11. It was the first war that the United States fought on foreign soil and seas. Barbary pirates off the North African coast had been capturing American merchant ships and demanding huge ransoms for decades.
    1. Pirate War
    2. First Barbary War
    3. North African War
    4. The First War

    Answer: b. First Barbary War

  12. Jefferson's home in Virginia where he lived after he retired.
    1. Mount Vernon
    2. Monticello
    3. The White House
    4. Old Virginiy Home

    Answer: b. Monticello

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